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A contagious; constitutional; febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles first flat; subsequently umbilicatedand then pustules; and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time; often leaving a pit; or scar. (n.).
